Dr David Ruttenberg (he/him)
@drdavidruttenberg.bsky.social
Dad, Husband, Scientist, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, FRSA, AFHEA, Fellow UCL Institute of Healthcare Engineering, PhD Candidate,GRAMMY Producer-Engineer-Composer, and Best-Selling Author
🚀 Raising a Changemaker.🚀 What if a GRAMMY producer turned neuroscientist dads a neurodivergent changemaker? This isn’t about "overcoming" but celebrating. 💡 DIY tech & love flipped diagnosis. ✨ Read → (bit.ly/49E8vv4) #Neurodiversity #Changemaker #Parenting #Inclusion #AIethics #AssistiveTech
November 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🚀 Raising a Changemaker.🚀 What if a GRAMMY producer turned neuroscientist dads a neurodivergent changemaker? This isn’t about "overcoming" but celebrating. 💡 DIY tech & love flipped diagnosis. ✨ Read → (bit.ly/49E8vv4) #Neurodiversity #Changemaker #Parenting #Inclusion #AIethics #AssistiveTech
The Work of Survival
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The Work of Survival
When I was eight, I learned how to survive a wave too big for me.
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September 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The Work of Survival
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Open Access UCL Research: Towards technologically enhanced mitigation of autistic adults’ sensory sensitivity experiences and attentional, and mental wellbeing disturbances discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
Towards technologically enhanced mitigation of autistic adults’ sensory sensitivity experiences and attentional, and mental wellbeing disturbances
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UCL Discovery
UCL Discovery is UCL's open access repository, showcasing and providing access to UCL research outputs from all UCL disciplines.
discovery.ucl.ac.uk
July 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Open Access UCL Research: Towards technologically enhanced mitigation of autistic adults’ sensory sensitivity experiences and attentional, and mental wellbeing disturbances discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
My letter to the editor from today's Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com/opinion/lett...
www.miamiherald.com/opinion/lett...
Contrary to what RFK Jr. claims, my daughter’s autism isn’t part of an ‘epidemic’ | Opinion
Herald readers write what’s on their mind. | Letters
www.miamiherald.com
April 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My letter to the editor from today's Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com/opinion/lett...
www.miamiherald.com/opinion/lett...
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RFK Jr being rebutted by my friend of almost 40 years @davidruttenberg.bsky.social
David is the only time that Florida Man makes a headline and it's actually a good thing
www.miamiherald.com/opinion/lett...
David is the only time that Florida Man makes a headline and it's actually a good thing
www.miamiherald.com/opinion/lett...
Contrary to what RFK Jr. claims, my daughter’s autism isn’t part of an ‘epidemic’ | Opinion
Herald readers write what’s on their mind. | Letters
www.miamiherald.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
RFK Jr being rebutted by my friend of almost 40 years @davidruttenberg.bsky.social
David is the only time that Florida Man makes a headline and it's actually a good thing
www.miamiherald.com/opinion/lett...
David is the only time that Florida Man makes a headline and it's actually a good thing
www.miamiherald.com/opinion/lett...
As a neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and father to an autistic daughter, I reject the idea that autism is a “preventable epidemic.” Rising diagnoses reflect greater awareness and equity, not a crisis.
April 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
As a neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and father to an autistic daughter, I reject the idea that autism is a “preventable epidemic.” Rising diagnoses reflect greater awareness and equity, not a crisis.
@thinkingautism.bsky.social just saying hello to the TI tribe. CogNeuro Scientist and Dad to a 22 year old woman who like all of you is phenomenal. Wishing you all a terrific week.
March 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
@thinkingautism.bsky.social just saying hello to the TI tribe. CogNeuro Scientist and Dad to a 22 year old woman who like all of you is phenomenal. Wishing you all a terrific week.
It is the most bittersweet of Valentine's Days.
On 2-14-18, 17 innocent members of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas community never came home. 17 others were injured. Our gov't failed then and they’ve failed too many others since. Enough!
#Parkland #StonemanDouglas #NeverForget
On 2-14-18, 17 innocent members of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas community never came home. 17 others were injured. Our gov't failed then and they’ve failed too many others since. Enough!
#Parkland #StonemanDouglas #NeverForget
February 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It is the most bittersweet of Valentine's Days.
On 2-14-18, 17 innocent members of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas community never came home. 17 others were injured. Our gov't failed then and they’ve failed too many others since. Enough!
#Parkland #StonemanDouglas #NeverForget
On 2-14-18, 17 innocent members of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas community never came home. 17 others were injured. Our gov't failed then and they’ve failed too many others since. Enough!
#Parkland #StonemanDouglas #NeverForget
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This says it all
Elon Musk to reporter: “We post our actions to the DOGE website. All of our actions are maximally transparent. I don’t know of a case where an organization has been more transparent than the DOGE organization.”
Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!
Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!
February 12, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This says it all
Science matters. Research matters. Without gov't funding for research infrastructure, breakthroughs in crucial areas like autism & neuroscience become improbable. #Autism #ADHD #Epilepsy #Neuroscience #WakeUpWhiteHouse @autisticadvocacy.org @nddesk.bsky.social @ippr.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Science matters. Research matters. Without gov't funding for research infrastructure, breakthroughs in crucial areas like autism & neuroscience become improbable. #Autism #ADHD #Epilepsy #Neuroscience #WakeUpWhiteHouse @autisticadvocacy.org @nddesk.bsky.social @ippr.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social
Let's not forget about crucial accommodations for individuals with invisible talents & differences. Just like physical accommodations, supports are essential for success at work, academia & social settings. #InvisibleDifferencesMatter #Accommodations @autisticadvocacy.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Let's not forget about crucial accommodations for individuals with invisible talents & differences. Just like physical accommodations, supports are essential for success at work, academia & social settings. #InvisibleDifferencesMatter #Accommodations @autisticadvocacy.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
Sensory sensitivity is a real challenge for many individuals, and it’s important that we recognize and accommodate this invisible difference in workplaces and social environments. Let’s lead the way in promoting understanding & inclusivity. #SensorySensitivity #InclusiveSpaces #UnderstandingMatters
February 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Sensory sensitivity is a real challenge for many individuals, and it’s important that we recognize and accommodate this invisible difference in workplaces and social environments. Let’s lead the way in promoting understanding & inclusivity. #SensorySensitivity #InclusiveSpaces #UnderstandingMatters
Sensory sensitivity, distractibility, anxiety, and fatigue. It’s a chicken, egg, chicken, and egg puzzle...that deserves to be understood. Especially for autistic adults at work, in school, and socially. #AutismResearch #DisruptingTheConversation
February 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Sensory sensitivity, distractibility, anxiety, and fatigue. It’s a chicken, egg, chicken, and egg puzzle...that deserves to be understood. Especially for autistic adults at work, in school, and socially. #AutismResearch #DisruptingTheConversation
"Many times a day I realize how my own outer and inner life is built upon the labors of my fellow human beings, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received and am still receiving”.
-A. Einstein @autisticadvocacy.bsky.social
-A. Einstein @autisticadvocacy.bsky.social
February 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
"Many times a day I realize how my own outer and inner life is built upon the labors of my fellow human beings, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received and am still receiving”.
-A. Einstein @autisticadvocacy.bsky.social
-A. Einstein @autisticadvocacy.bsky.social
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Brilliant new #openaccess paper by @drjessmannion.bsky.social and team!
#CreativeResearchMethods #AcademicSky #LearningDisabilitiesResearch
#CreativeResearchMethods #AcademicSky #LearningDisabilitiesResearch
Researching Together: Researchers With and Without Disabilities Engage Across National and Interdisciplinary Boundaries
Introduction The Relationships and Sexuality Research Team consists of researchers with learning disabilities who specialise in research on sexual citizenship and use visual and creative research me...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Brilliant new #openaccess paper by @drjessmannion.bsky.social and team!
#CreativeResearchMethods #AcademicSky #LearningDisabilitiesResearch
#CreativeResearchMethods #AcademicSky #LearningDisabilitiesResearch
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“Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions,” wrote one respondent. “My feed is almost entirely scientists and I actually get updates on research that is relevant and timely,” wrote another.
#ScienceSky #AcademicSky
#ScienceSky #AcademicSky
Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.
www.nature.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions,” wrote one respondent. “My feed is almost entirely scientists and I actually get updates on research that is relevant and timely,” wrote another.
#ScienceSky #AcademicSky
#ScienceSky #AcademicSky
Stop the Attack on Science & Equity
No to Discrimination
Yes to Knowledge
DEFEND Academic Freedom
#AcademicSky
#AutRes
No to Discrimination
Yes to Knowledge
DEFEND Academic Freedom
#AcademicSky
#AutRes
January 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Stop the Attack on Science & Equity
No to Discrimination
Yes to Knowledge
DEFEND Academic Freedom
#AcademicSky
#AutRes
No to Discrimination
Yes to Knowledge
DEFEND Academic Freedom
#AcademicSky
#AutRes
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As Trump nominates his cabinet, I find myself repeating "billionaires, grifters, and sex pests" to the rhythm of "lions and tigers and bears"
Oh my
Oh my
Staggering total net worth of Trump's Cabinet revealed
Trump's incoming cabinet boasts a staggering total net worth of at least $9 billion - a dramatic step up from Joe Biden's cabinet which has a combined net worth of just $120 million.
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 2, 2024 at 5:06 PM
As Trump nominates his cabinet, I find myself repeating "billionaires, grifters, and sex pests" to the rhythm of "lions and tigers and bears"
Oh my
Oh my
“Strange is our situation here on earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine purpose... there is one thing we do know: That we are here for the sake of humanity...A. Einstein"
Https://iacapap.org/news/obituary-dr-muideen-owolabi-bakare.html
Https://iacapap.org/news/obituary-dr-muideen-owolabi-bakare.html
January 11, 2024 at 11:58 PM
“Strange is our situation here on earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine purpose... there is one thing we do know: That we are here for the sake of humanity...A. Einstein"
Https://iacapap.org/news/obituary-dr-muideen-owolabi-bakare.html
Https://iacapap.org/news/obituary-dr-muideen-owolabi-bakare.html
January 6, 2024 at 1:07 AM
Starting the new year training for her first race. You got this Phoebes!
January 2, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Starting the new year training for her first race. You got this Phoebes!
Yes, this is a problem: The law’s attitude toward exports demonstrated “a flagrant double-standard [that]...refuse to stop EU companies selling rights-violating AI systems to the rest of the world..."
gizmodo.com/eu-ai-act-go...
gizmodo.com/eu-ai-act-go...
December 18, 2023 at 1:02 AM
Yes, this is a problem: The law’s attitude toward exports demonstrated “a flagrant double-standard [that]...refuse to stop EU companies selling rights-violating AI systems to the rest of the world..."
gizmodo.com/eu-ai-act-go...
gizmodo.com/eu-ai-act-go...